How the Tech Industry Can Help to Strengthen Democracy, How Can Perception Hacking Boost the Bottom Line, & A simple Solution to Endless School Quarantines
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Over the next decade, democratic governments will be tested by the rise of China. They will have to prove to their citizens and those of developing nations that democracy can deliver widespread economic growth, stability, and security in the modern world. Once again there will be a global competition between two very different forms of government, and right now the outcome is uncertain.
For democracies to win this contest, they will need to leverage software to deliver more prosperity to a wider cross-section of their populations, while still preserving individual rights. They have powerful potential allies in the private tech sector who could be of the service building and selling industry-leading software to democratic governments.
Source: How the Tech Industry Can Help to Strengthen Democracy Over the Next Decade
Our world experienceÂč is not only affected by what is âout there (the data our senses collect) but also by the structure of our sense organs and our minds.
Perception is really a two-step process involving:
Sensation â provided by the world
Interpretation â provided by our minds â example: visual illusions not from the data collected but from the interpretation put on the data by our brain.
As a result, what we see affects what we hear, what we hear affects how we feel, and how we feel affects what we perceive.
Source: How Can Perception Hacking Boost the Bottom Line?
Itâs a situation nearly all parents have found themselves in at some point during this pandemic: Thereâs a positive Covid-19 case in your childâs class, so everyone needs to stay home and quarantine.
That means kids have to switch to remote instruction if their school is even still offering a remote option. And parents, already ground down by more than 18 months of online or hybrid learning, have to miss work to care for their child, often for as long as 14 days. âQuarantines are incredibly disruptive,â Alyssa Bilinski, an assistant professor of health policy at the Brown School of Public Health, told Vox.
The alternative, however, isnât great either: Some schools are simply allowing students to come to school if theyâve been exposed, with no precautions in place. This risks spreading the virus to kids and adults, with no way to track or control it.
Source: A simple solution to endless school quarantines
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Piyush Kamal
Ex-IRS, Economist, and a Published Author who loves to play at the intersection of Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Philosophy.
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